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“To hold a gold coin in your hand is different from owning a proxy for it,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Freedom and uncertainty are two sides of the same coin, and both can create an overwhelming amount of anxiety, especially when money is involved.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
"They are paid to promote a particular crypto coin, meme coin or investment product rather than helping people choose what is suitable for them," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
De Palma paints pictures that don’t conflict so much as they coexist, like two sides of a coin — purity and debauchery, the real, politically sanctioned currencies of this country — fresh from the U.S.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
His back shielding his metal case, he selects a gold and a silver coin.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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This newly identified behavior helps explain why gold jewelry, coins, and other objects can retain their luster for centuries.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
She believed the gold coins may have been hidden there four years ago by a mystery benefactor.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Bitcoin, the pioneering cryptocurrency, is mired in a big drawdown, as are most of the other major coins.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“My goal was to gather these coins and present them in a cohesive, inclusive manner. Every state is represented,” Hayward said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Some ancient redesigning of the house had left a crawl space in that corner and we’d been secreting jewelry, silver coins, and other valuables there since the start of the occupation.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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"It's just sort of an odd thing. Young people in particular, they coined this term 'AI slop'," he added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
I groaned as strumming Spanish guitars played underneath a cheerful introduction welcoming me to the “Jewel of the Missions” — a slogan that boosters coined decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
The term "artificial intelligence" was coined here by computer scientist John McCarthy, according to the university.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
When prominent AI researcher Andrej Karpathy coined the term “vibe coding” in early 2025, he gave an explicit shoutout to Cursor.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
Event-driven investing: That was the name they either coined or stole for what they were doing.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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The author is also fond of coining terms to sharpen his argument.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
“Our fans’ love for McDonald’s beverages runs deep, from rallying for the return of Hi-C Orange Lavaburst to coining the iconic ‘Spicy Sprite,’” McDonald’s said in a statement to Barron’s.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
"In the past, people in their 40s were seen as already old," says Kim Yong-Sup, a trend analyst widely credited with coining the term "Young 40".
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026
Wheeler was an ideological leader in developing quantum cosmology and is memorialized by his many contributions to the field, including coining the term black holes.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025
“Just say you’re coining back soon. Say you’re moving this way.”
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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